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{{Infobox language family
|name=Saharan
|region=[[Chad]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]], [[Cameroon]]
|familycolor=Negro-Egyptian
|fam1=Nilo-Saharan
|child1=[[Eastern Saharan languages|Eastern Saharan]]
|child2=[[Western Saharan languages|Western Saharan]]
|sil=782-16
}}

The '''Saharan languages''' are a small family of languages spoken across parts of the eastern [[Sahara]], extending from northwestern [[Darfur]] to southern [[Libya]], north and central [[Chad]], eastern [[Niger]] and northeastern [[Nigeria]]. Noted Saharan languages include [[Kanuri language|Kanuri]], [[Tedaga language|Tedaga]], [[Dazaga language|Dazaga]], and [[Zaghawa language|Zaghawa]]. They are a part of the proposed [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]] family.

==Internal classification==
{{Clade
|label1=Saharan 
|1={{Clade
|label1= Eastern 
|1= [[Berti language|Berti]] ({{sc|aka}} Sagato<ref name="Blench">http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Nilo-Saharan/General/Saharan%20Songhay%20branch.pdf</ref>; extinct), [[Zaghawa language|Zaghawa]] ({{sc|aka}} Beria<ref name="Blench"/>)
|label2= Western 
|2={{Clade
|label1= Kanuri 
|1= [[Kanuri language|Kanuri]] ([[Bilma]], Manga, Tumari, Central), [[Kanembu language|Kanembu]]
|label2= [[Tebu language|Tebu]] 
|2= [[Dazaga language|Dazaga]], [[Tedaga language|Tedaga]]
}}
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saharan Languages}}
[[Category:Saharan languages| ]]

Saharan languages - Revision history

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